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your relationship with romney? >> we had lunch with one of the authors and talked at length and it's part of the process. if you are going to be in the game at that level, you have to recognize this is how america does these things. >> it is. we have to go back through whatever happened. how will it describe newt gingrich's relationship to mitt romney? >> probably close to non-existe non-existent. we fought a very hard fight. i was clear about what i thought about his tactics. i think in the absence of an enormous financial advantage, he wouldn't have been nominee. he ended up in the end as we said he would. he didn't have personality and the ability to take on a guy of caliber of barack obama and win the campaign. >> not a fan. president obama campaigns with terry mccauliffe in virginia. >> i make you a prediction. if you do what he should, a year from now he'll be so popular half will wonder what in the wide world they were thinking about. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a l
your relationship with romney? >> we had lunch with one of the authors and talked at length and it's part of the process. if you are going to be in the game at that level, you have to recognize this is how america does these things. >> it is. we have to go back through whatever happened. how will it describe newt gingrich's relationship to mitt romney? >> probably close to non-existe non-existent. we fought a very hard fight. i was clear about what i thought about his tactics....
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chris christie next to romney, romney would shrink and christie would blossom. as a freshman governor, probably wasn't the right time anyway. it's hard to think this controlled person in the business community will pick this wild prosecutor with a huge body and a huge ego and huge expansive personality and i suspect -- i'd also say in defense of christie, if your state gets hit by something like sandy. you love the person that helps you. the idea he was calculating carefully, i think he was emotionally engaged in what happened to the jersey shore and genuinely grateful and to not have a spirit of understanding that is petty. >> it's surprising that someone decided to dump this vetting file. >> that connections -- >> it has all kinds of -- and he should defend himself. it has all kinds of allegations and kind of a horrible thing and people put their trust in the vetters and for someone a year late tore leak it is a horrible thing to do but will create opponents for chris christie, i think it's damaging to chris christie this happened and unfortunate someone hated
chris christie next to romney, romney would shrink and christie would blossom. as a freshman governor, probably wasn't the right time anyway. it's hard to think this controlled person in the business community will pick this wild prosecutor with a huge body and a huge ego and huge expansive personality and i suspect -- i'd also say in defense of christie, if your state gets hit by something like sandy. you love the person that helps you. the idea he was calculating carefully, i think he was...
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ran on -- >> exactly. >> mitt romney ran on it. republicans have run on it. >> there's a huge loop hold in there. [ talking simultaneously ] >> republicans don't care of that. >> when the affordable care act was passed, not a single republican was asked to be at the table. >> that is simply not true. >> i knew you were going to say that. >> we tried repeatedly over and over to get republicans to come to the table. >> not a single republican voted for the obama care. >> one thing that republicans approved -- >> we had a big fight over a government shutdown because republicans wanted to defund obama care. you supported that. we are about to head into that same territory in january and february when we're talking about a budget deal. are you going to support a shutdown again over obama care? >> i doubt it, but i doubt that the leadership will propose it. >> what changed? >> i don't think the leadership is willing to go there on the shutdown. but the fact of the matter is -- >> on the saturday before we were about to default. on the sa
ran on -- >> exactly. >> mitt romney ran on it. republicans have run on it. >> there's a huge loop hold in there. [ talking simultaneously ] >> republicans don't care of that. >> when the affordable care act was passed, not a single republican was asked to be at the table. >> that is simply not true. >> i knew you were going to say that. >> we tried repeatedly over and over to get republicans to come to the table. >> not a single republican...
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he has the charisma that romney was never able to muster. and second of all, as a governor of new jersey, chris christie has shown the ability to be a true conservative, true republican by also working with people across the aisle with democrats and he'll be able to attract a lot of democrats. chris christie is a serious contender for 2016. in my mind he's the leader right now of the pack. >> thanks so much for your perspective. >>> well, coming up, bill karins and richard lui will be here for first buzz. we'll tell you about the stories that caught our eyes this morning. my mother made the best toffee in the world. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on y
he has the charisma that romney was never able to muster. and second of all, as a governor of new jersey, chris christie has shown the ability to be a true conservative, true republican by also working with people across the aisle with democrats and he'll be able to attract a lot of democrats. chris christie is a serious contender for 2016. in my mind he's the leader right now of the pack. >> thanks so much for your perspective. >>> well, coming up, bill karins and richard lui...
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good luck in court. >>> up next, remember when republicans said the polls were skewed and mitt romney was really going to win the election? they're at it again. the same crowd. this time marriage equality. all these numbers are wrong, don't believe a word of them. that's what they're saying. gary bower. don't believe a word he says. anyway, this is "hardball." the place for politics. (announcer) scottrade knows our clients trade and invest their own way. with scottrade's smart text, i can quickly understand my charts, and spend more time trading. their quick trade bar lets my account follow me online so i can react in real-time. plus, my local scottrade office is there to help. because they know i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade. voted "best investment services company." olay ultra moisture body wash can with more moisturizers than seven bottles of the leading body wash. with ultra moisture your body wash is anything but basic. soft, smooth skin with olay. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. a
good luck in court. >>> up next, remember when republicans said the polls were skewed and mitt romney was really going to win the election? they're at it again. the same crowd. this time marriage equality. all these numbers are wrong, don't believe a word of them. that's what they're saying. gary bower. don't believe a word he says. anyway, this is "hardball." the place for politics. (announcer) scottrade knows our clients trade and invest their own way. with scottrade's...
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former romney health care adviser on this latest obamacare outrage or oversight. next. next. hi honey, did you get e toaster cozy? yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with n fedex one rate, i could ll a box and ship it r one flat rate. so i kn untilt was full. you'd be crazy not to. is tt nana? [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. ♪ lou: obama administration officialreport more progress with healthcare.gov. they now say that the site fails just about 10 percent of the time. back in octor that failure rate was 25%. government officials also say over three and a half million consumers visited the site from midnight sunday antonin today, but the obama administration still will not tell us what the november enrollment numbers are or how many people actually have insurance. insurers are still complaining that the healthcare applications that they do receive are riddled with errors. and the house energy and commerce committee releasing new e-mails showing that administration officials knew that they need to delay the health
former romney health care adviser on this latest obamacare outrage or oversight. next. next. hi honey, did you get e toaster cozy? yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with n fedex one rate, i could ll a box and ship it r one flat rate. so i kn untilt was full. you'd be crazy not to. is tt nana? [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. ♪ lou: obama administration officialreport more progress with healthcare.gov. they now say that the site...
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north carolina romney won by two points. if you flip the map, you will find there is only one seat sitting in a state that oba obamaca obamacaobama carried. democrats have to defend open seats 5-to-2 over republicans. and montana, south dakota and virginia are states romney won. so the math is tilted toward them in the open seats as well. and there is not a lot of places for democrats to expand the republican playing field. republican seats in red states very much so. we have three seats today we are tilting in republican favor. and that is in montana, west virginia and south dakota. democrats play a smart game and recruit wherever they can. and right now i think republicans are in the strong position in all three of those states. we have one toss up in arkansas and pryor didn't have a race and there was no republican nominee. arizo arkansas has changed a lot. but they have a solid candidate and he has a great personal story and connects with voters. so i would say that is the one most in danger. we have five seats in a colu
north carolina romney won by two points. if you flip the map, you will find there is only one seat sitting in a state that oba obamaca obamacaobama carried. democrats have to defend open seats 5-to-2 over republicans. and montana, south dakota and virginia are states romney won. so the math is tilted toward them in the open seats as well. and there is not a lot of places for democrats to expand the republican playing field. republican seats in red states very much so. we have three seats today...
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mitt romney tried to do this, but romney fled from all his positions on those issues in a way that we're not seeing christie beginning to do. by the end of the process, romney looked ridiculous to a lot of conservatives. so i think it's going to be extremely hard for christie to get past these sort of firewall of the republican base for exactly those reasons. he faces this choice that romney faced which is do you try to retreat from those positions and look like you're a flip-flopper or a changeling or do you try to own it and fight your way through the firewall? but it's a hard fight. >> ron, let's not forget that mitt romney was aided by the fact that there was a cannibalization going on to the right of him on the political spectrum within the process. he had michele bachmann and newt gingrich, et cetera fighting for that piece of pie. it's what christie needs, isn't it? >> yes and he's probably going to get it. he's probably going to have a challenge, i'm guessing a challenge also from his center kind of position. because there's opportunity there. and chris christie has problems besi
mitt romney tried to do this, but romney fled from all his positions on those issues in a way that we're not seeing christie beginning to do. by the end of the process, romney looked ridiculous to a lot of conservatives. so i think it's going to be extremely hard for christie to get past these sort of firewall of the republican base for exactly those reasons. he faces this choice that romney faced which is do you try to retreat from those positions and look like you're a flip-flopper or a...
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for both democrats and republicans, it's just that he has a mitt romney feel for hem. he's sure san christie's praises yesterday on "meet the press." >> if you look at chris christie and say that's a very impressive guy with a great track record, with a demonstrated ability to work across the aisle, with support of labor and blue collar voters in new jersey, there's a long list of very capable people, but chris christie stands out as one of the very stronge likes in the republican party. >> here's an even bigger problem. even though christie has an air of aauthenticity, you don't run in a vacuum. if he runs in 2016, democrats will hit him for being against women, but republicans will hit him for giving money to planned parenthood. democrats will say his state was 45th in job creation. this sounds awfully familiar, larry. it's like take us back four years ago, we're at the exact same play. >> those of us who are republican under the republican wing have a problem with republicans like chris christie. good guy, i would certainly prefer him over any democrat that could be
for both democrats and republicans, it's just that he has a mitt romney feel for hem. he's sure san christie's praises yesterday on "meet the press." >> if you look at chris christie and say that's a very impressive guy with a great track record, with a demonstrated ability to work across the aisle, with support of labor and blue collar voters in new jersey, there's a long list of very capable people, but chris christie stands out as one of the very stronge likes in the...
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both the obama and the romney campaigns. yes, they were doing a certain amount of live interview polling. but they were also going into and dropping 10,000 robo alls into ohio and waiting and saying, okay, i know they're not getting cell phones. know, you know. but we can weight around that and correct for that. when they were coming up with based onlytical models something that was based on omething other than live traditional telephone interviewing. what is polling today is changing. ts's live interviews, its's robo polling, and increasingly, polling which i've always been very dismissive of because i never thought you a real representative sample on-line, but there's some new things that are getting going in and ple, giving people who agreed to be -- in a in a -- in a ample, a -- give them a computer. in exchange for them responding for 5,000 to his 6,000 people around the country so they can draw on those kinds of interviews. all kinds of things are happening but it's happening the old traditional working polling isn't a
both the obama and the romney campaigns. yes, they were doing a certain amount of live interview polling. but they were also going into and dropping 10,000 robo alls into ohio and waiting and saying, okay, i know they're not getting cell phones. know, you know. but we can weight around that and correct for that. when they were coming up with based onlytical models something that was based on omething other than live traditional telephone interviewing. what is polling today is changing. ts's...
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. >>> coming up, an apology from mitt romney. why the former presidential candidate had to tell chris christie he's sorry. >>> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius testifies later today before the senate finance committee. last week, she told members of the house that she was sorry for the obama care website debacle. she is expected to face a slightly more welcoming committee today, detailed progress to has been made to get healthcare.gov up and running again normally. >>> governor chris christie revealed on cnn tuesday that mitt romney apologized for leaked information that made its way into a tell-all book about the 2012 campaign. christie slammed the romney team for a complete violation of trust, much like someone leaving their cell phone on. >> i'm terribly sorry! >> the book "double down" reveals romney's team didn't pick him as running mate because his background was littered with political land mines. >> i have to till why phone is on silent. "early start" continues right now. >>> landslide victories in ne
. >>> coming up, an apology from mitt romney. why the former presidential candidate had to tell chris christie he's sorry. >>> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius testifies later today before the senate finance committee. last week, she told members of the house that she was sorry for the obama care website debacle. she is expected to face a slightly more welcoming committee today, detailed progress to has been made to get healthcare.gov up and running again...
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in just a moment, governor romney joins me for an exclusive interview. and president obama's approval rating is at an all-time low. obamacare is at a rough start. more u.s. spy revelations have rocked even our closest allies. and did the president consider replacing vice president joe biden with then-secretary of state hillary clinton? that's according to a bombshell in a new book "double down, game changing 2012." bob wood card, katty kay, david axelrod, bill kristol. i'm david gregory in washington. >>> and good sunday morning. the killing of a tsa agent at los angeles international airport is raising questions about the motives of the 23-year-old suspect, and also airport security. do tsa agents need to be armed? our justice correspondent pete williams will be here in a little while to give us an update and fresh report on all of that. but first, the obama care debate. the healthcare.gov was actually off site for repairs over the weekend. they said saturday the glitches are, quote, just at this present time of the iceberg. this week, as you might have
in just a moment, governor romney joins me for an exclusive interview. and president obama's approval rating is at an all-time low. obamacare is at a rough start. more u.s. spy revelations have rocked even our closest allies. and did the president consider replacing vice president joe biden with then-secretary of state hillary clinton? that's according to a bombshell in a new book "double down, game changing 2012." bob wood card, katty kay, david axelrod, bill kristol. i'm david...
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mitt romney tried to do this. but romney fled from all his positions on those issues in a way we're not seeing christie beginning to do. by the end of the process, romney looks ridiculous to a lot of conservatives. i think it's going to be extremely hard for christie to get past sort of the firewall of the republican base for exactly those reasons and he faces this choice that romney faced which is, do you try to retreat from those positions and look like you're a flip-flopper, look like you're a change lingor ling? >> let's not forget. mitt romney liked like he had a can balance iz imgoing on in the process. they were all fighting for the same pie. that's what chris christie needs, isn't it? >> yes. and he's probably going to get it. he'll have a whole gaggle of tea partiers off to his right. he'll also have a challenge, i'm guessing from his center position. chris christie has problems besides not being a tea partier. he's not the perfect presidential candidate. all of the divisions within the parties aside. my
mitt romney tried to do this. but romney fled from all his positions on those issues in a way we're not seeing christie beginning to do. by the end of the process, romney looks ridiculous to a lot of conservatives. i think it's going to be extremely hard for christie to get past sort of the firewall of the republican base for exactly those reasons and he faces this choice that romney faced which is, do you try to retreat from those positions and look like you're a flip-flopper, look like you're...
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>> the difference was mitt romney at that point in time reached across the aisle. he did it. but he did it after he got elected. but this guy here is demonstrating he can work 29 democratic mayors in new jersey endorsed this man. 29 dem -- this guy can get it done, and let me tell you something. what washington needs now is one strong leader. unfortunately -- >> how dooff know he is that guy? >> i'm watch doing. >> ow don't think it's ted cruz or rand paul. >> absolutely not. >> either of those guys got the nomination -- -- >> if we don't ghetto the senate we can't win. >> you think a governor is the way to go. >> i think by definition and by experience, go back and think about it. fdr, governor. reagan, governor. go back and look -- >> john kennedy, senator. >> well, i wouldn't -- >> not a fan of him. >> i wasn't fan but also not sure how things would have worked out. we know, for example, vietnam turned out to be a nightmare for us. >> fair enough. but do you buy this that -- something i get into with dick cheny tonight on fbn, if you don't get you should demand. he just ho
>> the difference was mitt romney at that point in time reached across the aisle. he did it. but he did it after he got elected. but this guy here is demonstrating he can work 29 democratic mayors in new jersey endorsed this man. 29 dem -- this guy can get it done, and let me tell you something. what washington needs now is one strong leader. unfortunately -- >> how dooff know he is that guy? >> i'm watch doing. >> ow don't think it's ted cruz or rand paul. >>...
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he's endorsed his rival mitt romney in the last campaign. look at them. they are like politicians together. that improved relationship may pay for the president back here. robert wexler is a great guy. he's actually president of the center for middle east peace. peter, the prime minister of israel said he is not sure -- if iran decides to go nuclear, actually turn it into a nuclear weapon if he can, that will take a year from then. >>> a former democratic congressman from florida president of the senate for middle east peace and peter been in ard is with open peace. fascinating comment from bebe yesterday. if iran decides to go numbering -- to go nuclear, and i thought it was very flexible and not at all war-like. >> you're right. what the prime minister of israel essentially did was he bought into the american time frame. what he was signaling to the united states and more importantly to iran and it was reciprocated from president obama was that the united states and israel stand shoulder to shoulder in terms of the time frame as well as defenses, intell
he's endorsed his rival mitt romney in the last campaign. look at them. they are like politicians together. that improved relationship may pay for the president back here. robert wexler is a great guy. he's actually president of the center for middle east peace. peter, the prime minister of israel said he is not sure -- if iran decides to go nuclear, actually turn it into a nuclear weapon if he can, that will take a year from then. >>> a former democratic congressman from florida...
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in the exit polls in 2012, mitt romney got 78% of evangelical white, evangelical voters, higher than the percent that democratics got for hispanics and the share of voters that romney got who were white evangelical, 43%. >> here's the problem that base is shrinking and all the rest of us, there's more of us, politically speaking from a plain numbers issue and the other pillar traditionally of the republican party is the business community. you have business leaders coming out and saying we need immigration reform, it's good for business. you know we're for gay rights, because it's good for business. you know so part of the problem i think the republican party is having, this is why it's tough to be a big-tent party. >> it's at war. it's fracturing. >> but i think there are enough, as patrick says there are enough good people who get that this is wrong. but they don't yet have the courage to speak out. this has been the problem in the republican party for the last four, eight years. a lot of these guys knew that a lot of the stuff that was going on was wrong. but they wouldn't stand u
in the exit polls in 2012, mitt romney got 78% of evangelical white, evangelical voters, higher than the percent that democratics got for hispanics and the share of voters that romney got who were white evangelical, 43%. >> here's the problem that base is shrinking and all the rest of us, there's more of us, politically speaking from a plain numbers issue and the other pillar traditionally of the republican party is the business community. you have business leaders coming out and saying...
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i mean, look, the tea party didn't want romney to be the nominee, right? >> and 3 million didn't show up. 3 million fewer votes than mccain. >> they didn't want mccain to be the nominee but mccain was the nominee. the tea party types can be upset. chris christie is not conservative enough. in the end if you don't have the money and you don't have the, you know, any support in the establishment at all, you can win senate seats and you can win governorship, can you win house seats. but to win the presidency, you have got to be able to bring constituencies from both sides together. >> you are saying the conservative wing in the republican party in the end will rally behind. >> i think they want to win. i think they want to win badly. i think two terms of barack obama was devastating to our debt. devastating in many ways to this idea of a smaller more efficient government. obviously have obamacare to deal with. although you have a tea party presence that's fairly strong bill in the house of representatives, you still don't have the numbers, right, to transform
i mean, look, the tea party didn't want romney to be the nominee, right? >> and 3 million didn't show up. 3 million fewer votes than mccain. >> they didn't want mccain to be the nominee but mccain was the nominee. the tea party types can be upset. chris christie is not conservative enough. in the end if you don't have the money and you don't have the, you know, any support in the establishment at all, you can win senate seats and you can win governorship, can you win house seats....
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and romney won by seven and obama won by 11. support republicans are talking about a smaller slice of the pie. so it just doesn't work for republicans. but i think that there will always be something of a gender gap because i think that if you were -- worried about stumbling into stereotypes, i think it was chris matthews who used to say that we have two parties in this country, a mom party and a dad party and the mom party is very caring and nurturing. this includes education and nutrition and many said that fiscal responsibility -- and these gross stereotypes? of course they are. but the thing about it is if you're going to design a party specifically for the white male voters, it looks a lot like the republican party and if you were designing a party to look at -- looking after other voters, it would look like the democratic party. and so some of this is inherent and will be there no matter what. and i have to think that if republicans -- i don't think we need to liberal parties in this country, but if they deemphasized and t
and romney won by seven and obama won by 11. support republicans are talking about a smaller slice of the pie. so it just doesn't work for republicans. but i think that there will always be something of a gender gap because i think that if you were -- worried about stumbling into stereotypes, i think it was chris matthews who used to say that we have two parties in this country, a mom party and a dad party and the mom party is very caring and nurturing. this includes education and nutrition and...
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first time we got a hint that mitt romney was going to have issues in iowa. and it was a premonition of the problems he was going to have with conservconservatives. one thing i didn't mention, christie had the highest unfavorable rating of republicans that were tested. >> iowans pay a lot of attention to politics. it's not like it's two years out in a place like my home state of kansas where people do not pay attention day in and day out. it reminds us paul ryan pays no price for being on a lose k ticket last time. no losing taint. it tells you not only christian conservatives are important with huckabee and santorum. also personality mattering. people in iowa are so very courteous. i'm not sure that chris christie's manner is one that wears well in that part of the country. >> or ted cruz. i've always thought both of them have that personality that does not fit with iowa nice. >> you got to be a retail politician in a state like that. yeah, you can go over the air waves and make big speeches. if you come across as a genuine politician shaking hands and doing
first time we got a hint that mitt romney was going to have issues in iowa. and it was a premonition of the problems he was going to have with conservconservatives. one thing i didn't mention, christie had the highest unfavorable rating of republicans that were tested. >> iowans pay a lot of attention to politics. it's not like it's two years out in a place like my home state of kansas where people do not pay attention day in and day out. it reminds us paul ryan pays no price for being on...
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did he come to the aid and do in sandy, did that tie him up in a bad way for mit t romney? i think so. looking back on it, i think chris christie will say, yeah, i did what i did. i'm in the ashamed of it. >> do you think republican republican is always attacking, attacking rich people, oil and gas companies. we will get him back later in the show. she back attacking health insurance companies and the rest. do you think he's changed his tune? is he less divisive now? is this charm offensive, maybe you have been a part of it. is that a different obama or is this just a politically clever obama? >> ah, he came in and met with the house republicans. i take him for his word. he spent an hour-plus talking this through. i think his chief of staff is reaching out more, trying to do more. but when you get to tough issues like immigration and how to fix obamacare, it's totally broken and other issue, i don't see the president engageing with rank and file people in the house and senate. i don't see him using the way to the white house. peggy noonan in a new york times article, she na
did he come to the aid and do in sandy, did that tie him up in a bad way for mit t romney? i think so. looking back on it, i think chris christie will say, yeah, i did what i did. i'm in the ashamed of it. >> do you think republican republican is always attacking, attacking rich people, oil and gas companies. we will get him back later in the show. she back attacking health insurance companies and the rest. do you think he's changed his tune? is he less divisive now? is this charm...
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[inaudible] the only republican i ever voted for before romney -- >> what about your governor? scott walker has been mentioned as a potential candidate in 2016. >> i hope not. i vote for him -- [inaudible] i think the republican party has a candidate who could get a large percentage of the popular vote. >> steve, thanks for the call. the democrats tweeting this evening, looking at the iowa event. they say -- that is from the national democratic party, the party releasing figures that were the result of what the government shutdown had cost. here is eerie, pennsylvania. we hear from coral. this is a republican mine. >> i just wanted to bring up that if i were a democrat, i would be ashamed of this health care fiasco. they are putting all this on college students, the young people who have to pay back their student loans and try to get themselves -- try to buy a house and everything. there is no way they are going to be able to. why isn't it brought up that the sed the spending bill to allow these veterans -- the soldiers who were killed, to cover their expenses. harry reid would
[inaudible] the only republican i ever voted for before romney -- >> what about your governor? scott walker has been mentioned as a potential candidate in 2016. >> i hope not. i vote for him -- [inaudible] i think the republican party has a candidate who could get a large percentage of the popular vote. >> steve, thanks for the call. the democrats tweeting this evening, looking at the iowa event. they say -- that is from the national democratic party, the party releasing...
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mitt romney tried to do this, but romney fled from all his positions on those issues in a way that we're not seeing christie beginning to do. by the end of the process, romney looks a little ridiculous to a lot of conservatives. so i think it's going to be extremely hard for christie to get past these sort of firewall of the republican base for exactly those reasons. he faces this choice that romney faced, which is, do you try to retreat from those positions and look like you're a flip-flopper or changeling, or do you try to own it and fight your way through the firewall? but it's a hard fight. >> ron, let's not forget that mitt romney was aided by the fact that there was a cannibalization going on to the right of him on the political spectrum within the primary process. he had michele bachmann and newt gingrich, et cetera fighting for that same piece of pie. that's really what chris christie needs. isn't it? >> yes and he's probably going to get it. he's probably going to have a challenge, i'm guessing a challenge also from his center kind of position. because there's opportunity there.
mitt romney tried to do this, but romney fled from all his positions on those issues in a way that we're not seeing christie beginning to do. by the end of the process, romney looks a little ridiculous to a lot of conservatives. so i think it's going to be extremely hard for christie to get past these sort of firewall of the republican base for exactly those reasons. he faces this choice that romney faced, which is, do you try to retreat from those positions and look like you're a flip-flopper...
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it was passed by then mitt romney, he was also the president's republican opponent last 84. the massachusetts senate minority leader joins us now from boston. he served since 1995. he supported that massachusetts health care law within it passed in 2006. senator, i thank you for joining us this morning. i wanted to talk to you specifically, republican for massachusetts today because the contrast between how the implementation of what you call romney care in massachusetts and the implementation of obama care at the national level, it's so striking to me, in massachusettes, this was a bipartisan effort. this was a republican government, democratic legislators, romney and ted kennedy, can you talk about what that process was like. some of these early glitches, the enrollment from massachusetts, it took a long time for people to get enrolled in this. it sounds like a hopeful model nationally. can you talk to people about it? >> it's great to be here in boston. we celebrate the red sox victory, i will tell you when we started down this path, we actually did it in a different way
it was passed by then mitt romney, he was also the president's republican opponent last 84. the massachusetts senate minority leader joins us now from boston. he served since 1995. he supported that massachusetts health care law within it passed in 2006. senator, i thank you for joining us this morning. i wanted to talk to you specifically, republican for massachusetts today because the contrast between how the implementation of what you call romney care in massachusetts and the implementation...
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danny frankly, a principally at the -- pollster for, and robert blizzard, pollster for mitt romney's campaign and partner at public opinion strategies. danny, some of the results didn't surprise me, being for term limits as a potential thing, but disappointed in the two-party system. expressing their pessimism rather easily on that front. but they didn't seem to have a lot of other ideas. >> no, i think that the important distinction to make here is that while there is a lack of confidence in optimism in terms of politics, there is still a hope for government. this is the center that wants the government to make investments in the future. this is a center that wants to see investments in clean energy, and in early childhood education. but when they look at the politics, they see a system that doesn't seem to share their values and practicing ma temple or sense of urgency. >> robert, that is what's interesting here. they have lost trust in the policy tection, but they want government to work. robert, working for republicans, half of whom -- they don't necessarily make the case that th
danny frankly, a principally at the -- pollster for, and robert blizzard, pollster for mitt romney's campaign and partner at public opinion strategies. danny, some of the results didn't surprise me, being for term limits as a potential thing, but disappointed in the two-party system. expressing their pessimism rather easily on that front. but they didn't seem to have a lot of other ideas. >> no, i think that the important distinction to make here is that while there is a lack of...
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with the clock running out, romney pulled the plug on it for food. questions about his lawsuits, his health, indeed his weight. do you look at those issues as disqualifyi disqualifying, and if so, why? >> i know the vetting people who went through that analysis and put together the report laid everything out. frankly, there wasn't anything they found that wasn't already part of the public record and hadn't been dealt with effectively by chris christie. there was nothing new there. the reason i chose paul ryan was, as i indicated before, which paul had a complement of skills and experience that i thought would be helpful if he actually became vice president. i had been a governor. i hadn't worked in washington. he had been in washington. he was a budget pro. and i figured his relationships in washington, his knowledge of the budget would be a good compliment to me. and chris, by the way, chris could easily become our nominee and save our party and help get this nation on the right track again. they don't come better than chris christie. >> but you obv
with the clock running out, romney pulled the plug on it for food. questions about his lawsuits, his health, indeed his weight. do you look at those issues as disqualifyi disqualifying, and if so, why? >> i know the vetting people who went through that analysis and put together the report laid everything out. frankly, there wasn't anything they found that wasn't already part of the public record and hadn't been dealt with effectively by chris christie. there was nothing new there. the...
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but there were bigger structure problems with the romney campaign, the way people viewed romney, and i don't think the hurricane made the deciding difference in that campaign. >> a breen -- sabrina? >> this is the problem with the polling. i don't care what people think. i care how they behave and that's something the romney campaign didn't pay quite enough attention to what matters is what happens on voting day. >> neil: very true. thank you very much. have a good weekend. here's what is weird. jobs really weren't up sharply in today's report. exactly why were stocks up? maybe mitt romney got it right. change makes people nervous. but i see a world bursting with opportunity, with ideas, with ambition. i'm thinking about china, brazil, india. the world's a big place. i want to be a part of it. ishares international etfs. emerging markets and single countries. find out why nine out of ten large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus, which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and cons
but there were bigger structure problems with the romney campaign, the way people viewed romney, and i don't think the hurricane made the deciding difference in that campaign. >> a breen -- sabrina? >> this is the problem with the polling. i don't care what people think. i care how they behave and that's something the romney campaign didn't pay quite enough attention to what matters is what happens on voting day. >> neil: very true. thank you very much. have a good weekend....
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saying this in nearly every radio interview and try to slip it into every column i won -- write, mitt romney 20% of black voters under the age of 30. number. n astounding blacks and republicans go together like chocolate and peanut butter. democrats stole them away about lying about the history of civil rights and the history of repuic
saying this in nearly every radio interview and try to slip it into every column i won -- write, mitt romney 20% of black voters under the age of 30. number. n astounding blacks and republicans go together like chocolate and peanut butter. democrats stole them away about lying about the history of civil rights and the history of repuic
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that was a little dig there. >> mitt romney -- it was a kind of goodbye and he god a -- got a rousing reception. gwen: were from a lot of digs like that? >> no perry was basically kneeing him in the groin. republicans have always like governors because governors always do thing. whereas senators just talk, in terms of the republican party continuing -- coming back into ascend ensy, having someone who can say i did x, y, and d, -- z, it's a great place to start if you're a candidate. >> i think in romney's defense, i don't think it's easy to stand up and say i'm sorry i'm not your president. gwen: and he did use those words. >> he did. and swe spoke with art cardenas, the organizer of the event the day before and romney didn't really want to do the speech at first. which is why, image, in part, he did borrow from prior speech material to get himself through. as much as the governors are important, and they are and the fact that the ones who weren't there are probably the most rising stars -- prominent rising stars is an illustration of the split that exists in the republican party betw
that was a little dig there. >> mitt romney -- it was a kind of goodbye and he god a -- got a rousing reception. gwen: were from a lot of digs like that? >> no perry was basically kneeing him in the groin. republicans have always like governors because governors always do thing. whereas senators just talk, in terms of the republican party continuing -- coming back into ascend ensy, having someone who can say i did x, y, and d, -- z, it's a great place to start if you're a candidate....
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in saxby chambliss' seat in georgia and mitch mcconnell, all six of those seats are in states that romney carried. so to the extent there's a backlash against the republican party, and there certainly is, it would probably be less in some of those states than in most others. and so but are they helping themselves? oh, heck no. of course they haven't. >> how much does gerrymandering play into the fact the house probably won't flip? >> there are a lot of reasons and gerrymandering is one because republicans for the first time in decades had their hand on the pen drawing the maps. but also a population sorting. democrats tend to live in urban areas and college towns concentrated. and republicans are more spread out. and that helps -- that works in there as well. >> this weekend we saw senator ted cruz out. we had a rock star reception in texas. also hillary clinton out. does ted cruz have a shot at getting enough support to actually be a general election candidate? does he have broad enough appeal and hillary clinton, what were you takeaways this weekend? >> i think democrats are on their kn
in saxby chambliss' seat in georgia and mitch mcconnell, all six of those seats are in states that romney carried. so to the extent there's a backlash against the republican party, and there certainly is, it would probably be less in some of those states than in most others. and so but are they helping themselves? oh, heck no. of course they haven't. >> how much does gerrymandering play into the fact the house probably won't flip? >> there are a lot of reasons and gerrymandering is...
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the three of them that were running was governor romney from massachusetts, governor palenti from minnesota and -- they were serious candidates. when he didn't catch fire in iowa, pawlenty dropped out. the other eight didn't drop out because they were selling books. this time around, look who is around the table. chris christie for sure. significant reforms in that state, $130 billion in reduced unfunded liabilities state pension system, ended the millionaires tax, no tax increase, period -- >> so he fits the governor norquist filter. he gets through? >> yeah. i think somebody you're looking at is somebody who can finance a campaign all the way through, look you in the eye and say confidence, seriousness -- >> rand paul? >> let me do the governors first and then we'll do the three senators, because i think the advantage is with governors. they can raise money more easily. the senator says, look what i did, but yeah, 50 other people voted the same way. >> christie is serious? >> christie, certainly. governor scott walker of wisconsin who has changed it from a blue state to a red state, chang
the three of them that were running was governor romney from massachusetts, governor palenti from minnesota and -- they were serious candidates. when he didn't catch fire in iowa, pawlenty dropped out. the other eight didn't drop out because they were selling books. this time around, look who is around the table. chris christie for sure. significant reforms in that state, $130 billion in reduced unfunded liabilities state pension system, ended the millionaires tax, no tax increase, period --...
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what about the romney campaign? the book obviously focuses on the romney campaign which as you just heard your colleague call hapless. the "washington post" scribble the hunt for him, goldfish. the names were offensive to some. the new jersey governor was called puffer fish. that he is pescado which i thought was dicey and fishconsin. romney was bothered, according to the book about, i christie showing up late to things and also, to just his physical fitness. and they quote in the book, romn romney. watching a video of him without his suit jacket on. romney kakled to his aides, look at that. >> as we said, i think there is a lot in this book. here's the thing with the vp selection. this is something there is always talk about how the process goes through. one of the best kept secrets in presidential politics of who is being attacked by the other side. it is no secret mitt romney is very organized, very fit, very on time. but at the end of the day when it comes to chris christie, he is getting ready to be reelected b
what about the romney campaign? the book obviously focuses on the romney campaign which as you just heard your colleague call hapless. the "washington post" scribble the hunt for him, goldfish. the names were offensive to some. the new jersey governor was called puffer fish. that he is pescado which i thought was dicey and fishconsin. romney was bothered, according to the book about, i christie showing up late to things and also, to just his physical fitness. and they quote in the...
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the list of speakers includes mitt romney, jeb bush, ron paul, wayne la pierre and america's biggest loseer, donald trump. cpac actually tried to add my name to that list, graciously asking me to appear, but my flexible is not as clear as the unemployed mitt romney, donald trump, so i had to turn it down. cpac invited me to a big moment in their conference where they wanted me to do a one on one debate with ann coulter, something i have done before and something i would absolutely do again for a good cause. the last time i debated with ann coulter at george washington university, i raised $18,000 for the kind fund kids in need of desks. this time we tried, we really did, but we couldn't adjust my schedule to join the fun at cpac. so as i've told them, maybe next year. if it will work out in the schedule, i will happily go and do that. cpac's invitation to donald trump led michelle malkin to tweet, cpac is dead. and the conservative editors of the washington examiner who are actually co-sponsoring the event write, cpac flouts conservatism's rich intellectual tradition by inviting such
the list of speakers includes mitt romney, jeb bush, ron paul, wayne la pierre and america's biggest loseer, donald trump. cpac actually tried to add my name to that list, graciously asking me to appear, but my flexible is not as clear as the unemployed mitt romney, donald trump, so i had to turn it down. cpac invited me to a big moment in their conference where they wanted me to do a one on one debate with ann coulter, something i have done before and something i would absolutely do again for...
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chris christie only had praise for the president and a lot of people think that's what hurt romney in the final days of election. we'll see if he does run whether he pays a price for that. >> let's talk about the new information you're getting on b ben benghazi. >> we're right in the middle of that. it's led by jason of utah, lindsey graham in the senate. signing onto a letter saying this. this is draft of letter. it's been more than ten months of the attacks. we appear to be no closer knowing who is responsible today. this is unacceptable. they are demanding mr. comey find out what's going on and report back to congress. there's a lot of politics in benghazi. it has been almost a year. four americans including the ambassador were killed. the fbi has posted photographs on its website of suspects but no one has been arrested. one of the likely suspects any administration source will tell you is a guy that's one of the founders. arwa went back to benghazi to do some reporting. she sat down with him for two hours. he says he had nothing to do with the attack. he said no one has asked to
chris christie only had praise for the president and a lot of people think that's what hurt romney in the final days of election. we'll see if he does run whether he pays a price for that. >> let's talk about the new information you're getting on b ben benghazi. >> we're right in the middle of that. it's led by jason of utah, lindsey graham in the senate. signing onto a letter saying this. this is draft of letter. it's been more than ten months of the attacks. we appear to be no...
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but romney knows wh. first, in this friday exclusive with fox, a frmer republican esidential candidate withhe likes of chris christie. >> it reads like the ballroom scene at star wars. how did you get them all at one pace and templates at one time. >> i wanted to bring together people from both sides of the aisle. so we can hear from them and as a group can listen to them and say what are the highest priorities and ask ourselves, are we actuall addressing the highest priorities or t. the answer turned out to be not a surprise. the priorities are republicans are concerneabout, the democrats, they're not bein addressed. instead, washington is being lled in a lot of different directions and not doing what has to be doe soon how did you get david axelrod to appear? >> the mayor of los angeles, the democrat asked them to come. they were gracious and willing to come. they were warmly received even though we disagreed the seemingly on policy. the funny thing is thate are all americans. we don't care about the co
but romney knows wh. first, in this friday exclusive with fox, a frmer republican esidential candidate withhe likes of chris christie. >> it reads like the ballroom scene at star wars. how did you get them all at one pace and templates at one time. >> i wanted to bring together people from both sides of the aisle. so we can hear from them and as a group can listen to them and say what are the highest priorities and ask ourselves, are we actuall addressing the highest priorities or...